Daily Meditation: Friday, July 20, 2001

The sun is not only the star that shines in the sky and …

07/20/2001

The sun is not only the star that shines in the sky and regulates the days and seasons all year round. The sun represents something much vaster: it is intelligence, as shown by its light; it is love, an impetus toward all that is good and constructive; it is life, spiritual, pure life. The sun thus implies a great science, and it is this science that is the universal panacea. That is why it is not sufficient to go and expose yourself to the light of the physical sun: It is these three superior principles - light, warmth and life - that are important and that must be contacted on a higher level.
The true universal panacea - that drink capable of healing all ills - was not invented, as we imagine, by some alchemist. To obtain it, we must prepare it ourselves. You will say, 'But how?' By learning to nourish yourself with the purest food. And when I talk about food, of course, I mean food for the physical body, but also for the astral body - your feelings, your heart - and for the mental body - your mind, your intellect. To prepare the universal panacea means to try hard to nourish your physical body, your heart and your intellect with food, whose elements are close to the life, warmth and light of the sun.